Example sentences of "by offer [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Computer staff agencies might seek to maintain contractors ' loyalty , but more by keeping them supplied with assignments than by offering them employee-like benefits . |
| 2 | RESTORE is a local charity which helps people recovering from psychiatric illnesses , by offering them therapeutic working environments . |
| 3 | Observing the children 's play out of doors , teachers will be able to draw in and encourage some children by offering them small problems to solve , such as the best way to move some bricks from one side of the garden to another . |
| 4 | Ignoring the newcomers , Hale coaxed Lawyer and his headmen over to his side by offering them personal guarantees and doubling the size of the proposed reservation . |
| 5 | ‘ Those who desire to win the favour of princes generally endeavour to do so by offering them those things which they themselves prize most , or such as they observe the prince to delight in most . ’ |
| 6 | Over the last two years , there has been a determined drive to incorporate more women into the military ranks by offering them special training programmes . |
| 7 | There was growing scepticism about an earlier reported attempt on Nevzorov 's life : on Dec. 12 , 1990 , he allegedly had been wounded by a gunman who had lured him to a rendezvous in a Leningrad street by offering him sensitive documents . |
| 8 | The Frenchman interrupted my thoughts by offering me another glass of the deadly Calvados . |
| 9 | ‘ To be quite honest , ladies and gentlemen , we hope that by offering you all the assistance we can that you will respond by being sympathetic to our , er , request for — shall we say , unsensational coverage ? |